About this title: Enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg makes a wager that he can travel around the world in only 80 days. With his faithful valet, Passepartout, the two men set off on an adventure with an inept detective, Mr. Fix, close behind. One of the classics from Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires series.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, New York
Date Published: 1979
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. x, 244 p. : ill.; 22 cm. Translation of Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. OCLC number: ocm05743573. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
"Jangan bayangkan cerita ini terjadi di masa sekarang, saat begitu banyak moda transportasi baik lokal, antar negara, bahkan antar benua. Jangan bayangkan cerita ini terjadi di zaman sekarang, saat bepergian melintasi separuh bumi cukup 12 jam dengan pesawat terbang komersial. Latar waktu cerita ini adalah tahun 1872, saat wacana mengelilingi dunia dalam 80 hari pertama kali dikemukakan, di atas kertas. Di atas kertas, dan belum memperhitungkan berbagai masalah yang sangat mungkin terjadi dalam perjalanan.
Phileas Fogg, seorang pria kaya dari London, menerima tantangan teman-temannya di Reform Club untuk mewujudkan wacana 'gila' tersebut, dengan taruhan senilai 20.000 pound. Bersama pelayannya, Passepartout yang ceroboh dan nekat, Mr. Fogg memulai petualangannya, menghadapi berbagai kesialan dan peristiwa tak terduga. Dikejar dan ditahan oleh detektif Scotland Yard, menyusup dalam ritual suku India demi menyelamatkan seorang gadis dari api pembakaran, tertinggal kapal uap yang hanya seminggu sekali lewat, dan semua hal yang seolah berkonspirasi menggagalkan taruhannya. Mengeluarkan uang hampir sebanyak jumlah taruhan itu sendiri, memanfaatkan segala jenis transportasi yang ada, semua demi mengelilingi dunia dalam 80 hari!"
"This book kind of categorize itself into the adventure, action, and mystery genre. It's about a rich man who made a bet with other rich people at his reform club, about whether if it is possible to travel around the world in 80 days. During his journey, he was followed by an English detective who thought he was a burglar that stole a great sum of money from the Britain Bank(that is now escaping to some foreign land). So he had to deal with the detective's tricks and overcome the obstacles that is in his way. I suggest this book to teenagers and people that attends middle school. I think that it's a really good book."
"Synopsis: Phileas Fogg is a man that does everything with exactness. He makes a bet of 20,000 pounds with his friends that he can travel around the world in eighty days. In just over an hour he departs London for Dover with his newly hired French servant Passepartout. In Suez, a detective thinks that he recognizes Mr. Fogg as a notorious bank robber and begins to follow him and try to hinder him on his journey while he waits for a warrant to arrive from London. Amazingly, Phileas Fogg and his servant continue on their journey by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge and elephant (but not by hot air balloon - which is even shown on the cover of many copies of the book).
My Review: I used to love reading Jules Verne when I was younger. I'm pretty sure that I've read this book before, but it was quite a bit different than I remembered. I loved hearing about the different places that Fogg and companions passed through, I even pulled out my trusty world atlas to follow them on their journey as I listened. One of the highlights is when the travelers are on the transcontinental railroad in the United States. Passing through Utah, Passepartout is given a lesson on Mormons. He listens to a Mormon missionary speak in one of the railroad cars and hears a discourse on the Mormon religion. For what it's worth, I think that Verne did a very nice job of describing the LDS beliefs as they were known during the time period."
"While playing cards, a rich Englishman takes a bet, insisting it is possible to circle the globe in 80 days. And away he goes...
This is one of those books where I like the idea behind it more than the actual text. A race around the world with a deadline of 80 days? That sounds like fun.
As a British armchair traveler in 1872, I would have adored this. As Jess in 2009, it drags a bit. I simply don't care for long multi-paragraph descriptions of places. Frankly, I was a bit surprised to see all the glowing reviews on goodreads. Although, learning that Jim Dale recorded an audio version can't possibly hurt.
Hello colonialism and British superiority! I expected it to be a be racist and it is of that time. I think, thought, it's more that the author believes everyone who isn't British is inferior than a man who hates one group of people. French, Indian, Chinese, Americans, and more take slams. So it's racist, but equal it's racism. Although it is true that the farther we swim from Church of England British, the more heavy handed it becomes.
Parts of the story were exciting, parts were ho hum, and overall it's one of those books it's good I finally read. Sorry Doc Brown, I won't be going back.
Finally, I've got to call BS on the image of the dudes in the hot air balloon that is traditionally connected to this work. Hot air balloons weren't used once for travel (boo!) and received but one casual mention. Not cool cover artists, not cool."
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